VICTORY CARNIVAL
HUTT VALLEY QUEEN CHOSEN
At a meeting of the Hutt Valley executive of the Victory Queen Carnival held on Thursday, it was decided that in view of the short time available to arrange a preliminary contest between princesses it would be better to follow the original scheme of electing one queen for the Valley with her princesses representing different districts and interests, and to conduct the campaign from the outset on the same lines as are being followed in Wellington for the Victory Queen Carnival.
The first princess to be elected, Makea Nui Takau, Ariki of Rarotonga, who, as Mrs. E. T. W. Love, is well known to the people of the district as a leader of Maori and patriotic activities, proved such a popular choice that she was asked by the executive to accept the title of queen for the Valley, the role of princess representing the women's organisations of the district, for which she was first selected, being filled by an attractive member of the younger set, whose name, together with those of the other princesses, will be announced as soon as the formalities are completed.
Mrs. Love will also have the honour of being first queen of the new city of Lower Hutt.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1941, Page 10
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208VICTORY CARNIVAL Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 23, 28 January 1941, Page 10
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